Objective: Obesity is a major health problem. Nowadays approximately one-third of the world population suffer from obesity which is frequently accompanied with serious medical and emotional problems. Three main evidence-based options exist for the treatment of obese individuals: lifestyle modification, pharmacotherapy, and bariatric surgery. The purpose of this study was to ...

Although romantic relationships are an important source of self-esteem, individuals vary in the degree to which romantic relationships determine their self-esteem. For individuals with relationship-contingent self-esteem (RCSE), self-esteem is based on the quality of perceived romantic relationship functioning. In contrast, global selfesteem is derived from a variety of domains, not specificall...

Abstract: Aim: The aim of this study is to determine the selfesteem levels university students and factors affecting them. Method: research was conducted in descriptive type between March-April 2022. universe consisted 456 active enrolled Spring semester 2021-2022 academic year at Ardahan University Vocational School Health Services. sample 283 who voluntarily participated research. Research da...

objective: the present research aims to analyze the efficacy of group metacognitive therapy (mct) on selfesteem and mental health of those who suffer from major depressive disorder. methods: the research was a randomized clinical controlled trial, using pretest and posttest with 2 months of follow-up. twenty-two patients with major depressive disorder based on dsm-iv-tr criteria were selected t...

The influence of family upbringing, in particular archetypes, has an impact on the formation personality, especially during puberty, affecting various aspects mental life, health and behaviour a teenager, including self-esteem, worldview, vision one’s own “self-concept” world. Consequently, main purpose study is to determine special features upbringing adolescents with developmental disabilitie...

This study examined area-specific self-esteem scores by sexual behavior relative to adolescents’ values concerning participation in sexual intercourse as an unmarried teenager. The sample consisted of 332 students in grades 7–12 from a Southern rural school district. Students were asked if they had ever had sexual intercourse (yes/no) and if they had participated in sexual intercourse in the la...

The present research examines two main issues relevant to consumer persuasion: (1) whether automatic evaluations can change (both directly and indirectly) in response to verbal ads that engage deliberative information processing activity, and (2) whether such messages can result in spreading activation of implicit change that is consistent with balance principles. The first study showed that au...